=====( Caller V1.00 )=============================================


        Trion 'Caller' Utility.

        (c) Copyright Paul Spijkerman, '95-'97. All rights reserved.

        Written for use with the Trion BBS package.


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This is a little Utility to poll a BBS a number of times
to collect your mail.

This is very convenient if you want to controle your BBS with scripts.

Also this command is very handy if you use a 'cron' utility that
spawns programmas or scripts to start processing mail or to
call to your mail HUB/HOST.


Note: This will only work when there is mail for the called system
in the trion:outbound/ directory.
When there is no mail you can create a poll packet with the 'poll'
command like this:

Poll 14:103/204


Note: In the default state the BBS node will not accept calls between
tries to call out.
Use the -A flag , if you still want to be able te get calles will polling
for mail.

Caller will only call again if the previous result was 'No Carrier'
or 'BUSY' .. this is done to prevent the system from calling
many times over and over if your password was wrong for instance.



For examples look in the trion:scripts/ directory.
The PollHub and MayPoll scripts use the caller command.
Also there is some explanation of options in this file.





===( 'Caller'  Options (build in help screen)  )=============


Trion Caller V1.00 (c)95-97 Paul Spijkerman.
Use : <-options> [-node] NodeNumber #1 .. NodeNumber #n

  -0 .. -9  = Node to call with.         (default: node 1       )
  -Dnnn     = Set delay between calls.   (default: 60 secs      )
  -Nnnn     = Number of times to call.   (default: 10 times     )
  -Q        = Quiet operation.           (default: not quiet    )
  -A        = Accept callers while idle. (default: don't accept )



===( 'Caller'  Some examples   )=============


With this command Node 1 will try to call node 14:103/204, 10 times
(or until there was a succesfull connection) with a delay
of 1 minute between calls

Caller 14:103/204


With this command Node 1 will try to call node 14:103/204, 5 times
(or until there was a succesfull connection) with a delay
of 3 minutes between calls

Caller -D180 -N5 14:103/204


The used variables will be shown in de shell window.

When the system starts calling a BBS this will printed in the shell,
when a call is finished the result will be printed.


Results can be:

No packets for node....
Node not found in nodelist
No Carrier or Busy
Connected of beter
Connected and transfers made